fstopgm(1) fstopgm(1)
NAME
fstopgm - convert a Usenix FaceSaver(tm) file into a
portable graymap
SYNOPSISfstopgm [fsfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a Usenix FaceSaver(tm) file as input. Produces a
portable graymap as output.
FaceSaver(tm) files sometimes have rectangular pixels.
While fstopgm won't re-scale them into square pixels for
you, it will give you the precise pnmscale command that
will do the job. Because of this, reading a FaceSaver(tm)
image is a two-step process. First you do:
fstopgm > /dev/null
This will tell you whether you need to use pnmscale. Then
use one of the following pipelines:
fstopgm | pgmnorm
fstopgm | pnmscale -whatever | pgmnorm
To go to PBM, you want something more like one of these:
fstopgm | pnmenlarge 3 | pgmnorm | pgmtopbm
fstopgm | pnmenlarge 3 | pnmscale <whatever> | pgmnorm | pgmtopbm
You want to enlarge when going to a bitmap because other-
wise you lose information; but enlarging by more than 3
does not look good.
FaceSaver is a registered trademark of Metron Computerware
Ltd. of Oakland, CA.
SEEALSO
pgmtofs(1), pgm(5), pgmnorm(1), pnmenlarge(1), pnm-
scale(1), pgmtopbm(1)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
06 April 89 1